The Male and Female Leads Have Great Tension at First. Pure Love! 男女主前期拉扯，纯爱！

1. 1 别 Stop Smoking and Hold Me 别吸烟了，抱抱我 Quan Xun权寻Modern Romance322k WordsCompleted [Print edition coming soon] Sweet, soft-hearted girl x wild bad boy who's all talk Zhou Zhi is a notorious playboy in the capital, yet He Ru falls for him. Outside a bar, the man has a cigarette between his lips and a teasing look on his face. “I'm never going to like you.” After pursuing him for so long with no success, He Ru decides to stop liking this playboy. Who would have thought this scoundrel would come chasing after her? “I want to give us a try.” He Ru blinks. “Hmm? Try what?” Zhou Zhi 8kReads9.3Score929Shelves

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   This is tumultuous in the early stage, but sweet in the later stage [exploration]

2. 2 满 Max-Level Sweet Seduction! Enchanting in Lord Fu's Embrace 满级甜诱！在傅爷的怀里声色撩人 Milky Candy Puff奶糖酥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication + comic adaptation] [Flirtatious chemistry and sizzling romance!] Jiang Yuyang is hailed as a peerless beauty, with a stunning face, a slender waist, and a soft, supple figure. To call off her arranged marriage, she pulls out all the stops to flirt with her intended. She never imagined she’d flirt with the wrong person! Rumor has it that Fu Wenshen, the head of the Fu family, is a self-disciplined, celibate man who avoids women. Little do people know that he looks refined 21.7kReads9.5Score2.9kShelves

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   The hero has been planning for a long time! The tugging during the ambiguous period is really sweet! Being together is even sweeter, love goes in both directions [Learned]

3. 3 垂 The Laws of Fishing 垂钓法则 Irritable Little Red暴躁小红Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted Original title: Mistakenly Flirting [Both leads are inexperienced in love + teasing tension + training a dog + mistaken flirting that’s actually seduction] [Flirtatious “bad” woman vs. sharp-tongued hopeless romantic] After seven years away from the capital, Song Shuyin returns to find her foster parents have already arranged a marriage alliance for her. Seeing their greedy faces, Song Shuyin is perfectly clearheaded. The best way to escape her foster parents is to attach herself to someone with 3.7kReads9.1Score610Shelves

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   This heroine deliberately misidentified the hero and called the hero's brother's name and then started a series of fishing methods🐟

4. 4 别 Don’t Mess with His Little Darling 别惹他的小可怜 Dai in Her Boudoir呆字闺中Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [Published under the title Blazing Sun] [Cocky, unruly, flirtatious young master from Beijing’s elite circles x delicate yet resilient top student who’s been bullied] [Campus Romance x Healing x Top Students x Mutual Devotion] Tang Yu is the top student at Qingyuan High School, but she has endured years of bullying. When she’s driven to the brink, she sets her sights on the new transfer student. He’s cocky enough and wild enough. That day, bruised from head to toe, 46.2kReads9.5Score7.7kShelves

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   Highly recommended!!! [Crying][Crying][Crying] "I love him, not because I want him to bow his head for me, but because I want to pursue him step by step." The male and female protagonists are in pure love. There are many golden sentences and they are very meaningful. After reading this book, I always feel that it is almost boring when I read other books. I believe I must read it.

5. 5 绝 Irresistibly Alluring 绝色诱瘾 Lian Xingyun恋星云Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted [Gorgeous heiress x wicked, cool, and seductive capitalist] [Both are each other's one and only + childhood sweethearts + long-planned romance + possessive love] In Beijing's wealthy circles, everyone knows about the bitter relationship between Ji Kuiai, the eldest daughter of the Ji family, and Si Jinyan, the capital's golden boy. - Ji Kuiai is the Ji family's eldest daughter. Her face is so stunningly beautiful it's beyond compare, and she has countless admirers, yet she's never thought much o 1.8kReads8.0Score219Shelves

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   Although the score is not high, it is pulling in the early stage and super sweet in the later stage [Adoration] The male protagonist simply loves the God of War.

6. 6 重 After Being Reborn, a Madman Forces His Love on Me, and My Childhood Friend Panics 重生后被疯批强制爱，竹马他急了 Fu Wei弗为Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted [Campus beauty vs. a dangerous obsessive]/Secret-crush redemption/Neither has been with anyone else [Reborn + obsessive male lead takes charge + childhood friend second male lead goes to hell and back to win her] * Wen Ruochu and Song Huai had been childhood friends for twenty years. Not long after they got their marriage certificate, she received a taunting text from a young woman at his company. Then she heard her husband tell a friend: “Xiaochu is the standard answer everyone wants me to choo 3.9kReads8.8Score400Shelves

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   The male protagonist came to power. The male protagonist has been secretly in love with the female protagonist for more than ten years. He was criticized and made crazy!

7. 7 夜 Nightly Addiction 夜夜瘾 Tan Qingzhu檀青竹Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted [Brothers vying for her + a groveling ex + stealing her away + devoted to each other] [Brooding, sly jade tycoon X pampered little princess] When Fang Wu was eleven, her adoptive parents dumped her at the black market to pay off a debt. The moment the man stopped in front of her, her heart pounded like a drum. But in the blink of an eye, he disdainfully handed her over to his good friend, Shen Yanqing. - Rong Jingyu was orphaned young and made his living in the dangerous jade gambling trade. Now 1.9kReads8.9Score251Shelves

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   ① The male protagonist is super straight and stands by the heroine without hesitation when the heroine encounters unfairness. He believes that the heroine helps the heroine. ② The heroine is also very motivated and will fight for her own career. ③ The male and female protagonists were extremely sweet and had misunderstandings before. They also explained immediately.

8. 8 仇 Revenge Complete? The Regent King Carries Me Home to Have His Baby! 仇报完了？摄政王扛我回府生崽！ Miao Fufu喵芙芙Ancient Romance752k WordsCompleted [A stunning villainess who can cry and act VS a powerful regent who starts out forcing love and later becomes utterly devoted to his wife] In her previous life, Su Tangyu was poisoned by her scumbag father and stepmother, while her younger sister stole her identity and fiancé. She died in misery and despair! Reborn, she wants nothing to do with her shortsighted former fiancé! Instead, Su Tangyu turns to seduce Xiao Jin, the cold and brutal regent who holds power over the entire court. She cries 19.9kReads8.8Score3.6kShelves

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   Oh my God! It's in line with the idea of ​​marriage first, love later~ and the female protagonist is very powerful. The male protagonist changed from the domineering CEO at the beginning to the role of a milk dog. It's really a contrast, and in the end, he has a lover who loves his family. After the male protagonist chases and catches him, and the female protagonist escapes, the two finally fall in love with each other and have a baby [smirking], it's really nice!

9. 9 你 You Have Your White Moonlight, and I Have My Handsome Childhood Friend 你有白月光，我有俏竹马 Wusu Bubble Rice Cracker乌苏泡仙贝Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted [Physical edition signed and awaiting publication] [Second male lead takes the lead + childhood friend beats the newcomer + reunion after years apart] [Bright, passionate childhood sweetheart * devoted, slightly doglike childhood-friend big brother] Luo Weizhi * Jiang Yi Luo Weizhi is beautiful and good-natured, with lively catlike eyes. From the day she entered university, she was the undisputed beauty of the art department. Her admirers lined up from B University's south gate to its west gate, 6.3kReads9.2Score686Shelves
10. 10 醉 A Drunken Nighttime Kiss! One Flirt from Her, and the Arrogant Big Shot’s Heart Races 醉吻夜！她一撩，桀骜大佬心狂跳 A Crescent Moon一剪月Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Climbing the Capital’s Family Tree is now available on all platforms.] [Top Capital City Tycoon · Rebellious, Devoted Suit-Wearing Bad Boy vs. Ballet Princess · Radiant, Proud Little Swan] Li Zhi and Fu Yanze grew up together, but Li Zhi turned out to be the fake heiress. For the sake of his own interests, Fu Yanze chose to get engaged to the real heiress, a leading actress in the entertainment industry. He hoped Li Zhi would understand and said he would come back to marr 68kReads9.5Score8.6kShelves
11. 11 犟 Stubborn Bones 犟骨 One Big Fish Head一条大鱼头Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted [Reunion After Years Apart + The Chase to Win Her Back + Two Cool, Distant Personalities + Eight-Year Age Gap] (Not a pure one-to-one romance. Please read the blurb before starting!!!! If it’s not your cup of tea, don’t read!!!! Malicious ratings will lower your luck!) “Arrogant and refined, stern and composed, a CEO from the elite” Zhou Congjin vs. “Cool and stubborn, worldly-wise, an ordinary-class beauty from a scholarly family” Shen Yi Shen Yi had always known that someone like Zhou Congjin 49.3kReads9.0Score17.3kShelves
12. 12 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 571.6kReads9.5Score99kShelves

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    The second male lead takes the lead. Each character has its own characteristics. The early interaction between the female protagonist and the male protagonist is very interesting. Highly recommended.

13. 13 够 Irresistibly Charming 够撩 Rampaging Snail暴走蜗牛Modern Romance291k WordsCompleted Both are faithful in body and mind! Strong male and female leads! Marriage first, love later! Sweet everyday romance! Wild mutual flirting! Intense push and pull! Perfectly matched! [Delicate, soft-bodied seductress who’s a knockout VS abstinent, aloof, devoted, scheming CEO] Su Yihan is an arrogant, aristocratic heir from a wealthy family: abstinent and cold, decisive and ruthless, with exceptional skills and a sharp eye for strategy. Could he really get married? One hundred people would give y 827Reads8.9Score100Shelves
14. 14 难 Hard to Win Her Heart 难诱其枝 Half a Pear半块梨Modern Romance297k WordsCompleted [Childhood Sweethearts / His Secret Crush / Possessive / Sweet Romance / Both Each Other’s First] [Radiant, free-spirited heiress vs. cold, cocky heir] * There was a pair of childhood sweethearts in the capital. Pei Yanhe, heir to a top-tier wealthy family, was arrogant and aloof, carefree and unruly, an untouchable favorite of heaven. Shen Yizhi was born into a prominent political family and raised like a treasured heiress. Proud and beautiful, she was nicknamed “the pampered princess of the hu 21.1kReads8.5Score2.3kShelves
15. 15 婚 Spoiled After Marriage 婚后侍宠 Tu Su兔苏Modern Romance541k WordsCompleted Adapted title: A Flourishing Summer The high-hanging moon x the aloof beauty A beautiful, bold university lecturer and her tsundere, secretly passionate gentleman in a qipao [Everyday life + strangers marry first, fall in love later + two strong leads + age gap + face-slapping and taking down scumbags + slow-blooming romance + twins, boy and girl + growing old together + buried together after death + extras] Xia Kui was raised by her grandpar 2.7kReads8.5Score131Shelves
16. 16 偷 Stealing a Kiss in the Moonlight 偷吻风月 Snow Chestnut Tea雪栗茶Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted [Both leads are inexperienced + long-planned scheme + marriage before love + sweet, flirtatious provocation + revenge] [Sweet-looking but secretly calculating femme fatale VS seemingly proper, refined scoundrel] After three years of a marriage of convenience, Shen Yansheng and Yu Jin part on good terms, having treated each other with courtesy. He simply couldn’t muster any interest in a beauty as dull as a block of wood. Then he ran into her at a bar. The Yu Jin he remembered as utterly unremark 10.5kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
17. 17 野 Wild but Tameable 野性可驯 Heaven Opens to Delusions天开妄想Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted (Publication contract signed)) [Fake heiress and true heiress + love after marriage + devoted couple] [Bold, flamboyant heiress + ruthless, dissolute playboy] When Li Li was five, her biological older brother lost her. She returned to the Li family at eighteen, only to find her parents favored their adopted daughter. They disliked Li Li for being too bold and vindictive, and let the adopted daughter steal the man she secretly loved, all while trying to tame her. But Li Li had been lost for thirt 6.5kReads9.1Score738Shelves
18. 18 战 Reunited in the War Zone! The Top-Tier Star Couple Both Blow Their Cover 战区相逢！顶流夫妇集体掉马 Zi Ximing字悉明Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Powerful leads with secret identities, doted-on heroine, face-slapping, putting scumbags in their place, healing, devoted couples] A battlefield doctor with a three-million-dollar bounty on the dark web vs. the mysterious commander of a peacekeeping force A superstar singer vs. a young pianist Everyone at school knows that Jiang Lin, from Class 9, Senior Year, is a useless student who scored a total of just one hundred across six subjects. But what they don’t know is that the math problem she 4kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves
19. 19 群 I Mass-Texted Confessions, and the Hong Kong Tycoon's Heir Turned Red-Eyed 群发告白短信，港圈太子红眼了 Er Daliang二大良Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted [Pampered little fox vs. sharp-tongued peacock] [Hong Kong business heir vs. Shanghai socialite] [Both leads are virgins, childhood sweethearts, bickering enemies, male lead has a secret crush, long-planned pursuit] After her archenemy set her up, Sheng Ning’s phone sent a mass text confessing her love, landing her on the trending list. The former queen bee had become a notorious man-eater. Sheng Ning’s dating pool was a bit of a mess. Even Qin Zhijing, her childhood friend, whom she’d once fall 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Extreme pull, inner struggle

20. 20 谈 Forget Childhood Sweethearts, the Chaste Man in Power Is Irresistibly Charming 谈什么竹马，禁欲掌权人他超撩 Draw the Spring into My Dreams引泉入梦来Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted The print edition of Submitting to Her Delicate Charm is now available on major shopping platforms. Search for it to buy a copy~ [Elegant, dazzling heiress & aloof, powerful head of a wealthy family] [Sweet romance + love at first sight + evenly matched leads + the second male lead chases his wife to the crematorium] When Wen Jiu learned that her childhood sweetheart boyfriend had wavered because of another girl, she broke up with him without hesitation. She thought they would be strangers from 95.9kReads9.1Score11kShelves
21. 21 清 After the Cool Beauty Breaks Up with Him, the Unhinged Tycoon Sees Red 清冷美人分手后，疯批大佬红了眼 A Ruan Isn't Soft阿阮不软Modern Romance575k WordsCompleted (The adapted short drama, You and My Obsession, is now streaming) [An Unconventional Groveling Romance + Devoted Couple + Lovesick Hero + Clear-Eyed Heroine + Happy Ending] [Ruthless, Unhinged Capital-Circle Heir × Cool, Cunning Beauty Who Knows How to Reel Him In] He Wang and Shen Qingwu first meet at the Desire nightclub, where a man is harassing her and she asks him for help. He Wang, who usually keeps his distance from women, fixes his gaze on her exquisitely alluring face and murmurs coaxin 23.2kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
22. 22 京 Spring Tide over Beijing and Macau 京澳春潮 Midsummer Rain仲夏雨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Print edition preorders open August 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.] [Heiress vs. Men from All Walks of Life] Also known as Spring Tide in Jing'ao The first time Wen Ning saw Xie Zhiyu on Aodao, she knew he was a dangerous man. Even though he was merely sitting quietly in a dessert shop, eating a bowl of mung bean soup. The little shop was packed and noisy, yet no one dared share a table with him. A few meters around him, an island of solitude had been deliberately carved out. “Who is he?” “Xie Zhiyu. No on 212.4kReads9.6Score32.3kShelves

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    It's super good-looking, and the author's writing style is also very good. The heroine is not silly and sweet, but has some brains and a little bit of strategy. The male protagonist likes the female protagonist's baby very much. If you haven't seen it, go and watch it. If you don't think so, hit me!!

23. 23 笨 The Silly Green Tea Female Supporting Character Gets Tamed by a Smooth-Talking Playboy 笨蛋绿茶女配，自有混公子收服 Xiaomai Manman小麦满满Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [Bickering Couple | Love Over Time | Fake Redemption Arc | Both Pure | 1v1] [Gorgeous, Ridiculously Clueless Beauty × Rebellious, Unruly Bad-Boy Heir] Female lead: scheming, silly, and so bad at plotting against others that she ends up tricking herself instead. But she has breathtaking beauty, making up for her lack of brains with her looks. Male lead: wicked and roguish, coasting through life under the reputation of a playboy. He’s domineering and a pain to deal with, but is actually a powerf 3.6kReads8.2Score270Shelves

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    In the process of pursuing her childhood sweetheart and sweetheart (unrequited love), the female protagonist meets the male protagonist, and slowly gets to know and fall in love with him.

24. 24 越 Crossing the Line to Fan the Flames 越界撩火 Milky Candy Puff奶糖酥Modern Romance287k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Age gap + abstinent older man steals his younger brother’s fiancée + sweet romance + devoted couple] [Distinguished, mature gentleman and translation-industry heavyweight × adorable little fox who acts sweet and helpless in public] Xie Zhiyu of the capital’s Xie family is the most dazzling among the city’s elite. In everyone’s eyes, he’s famously refined and composed, disciplined and courteous. No one could have imagined that he would “steal” his younger brother’s fiancée. After Ming 7kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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    [Eat melon] [eat melon] [eat melon]

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